发明家

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 爱迪生是举世闻名的发明家。▶ —
   Edison was a world-famous inventor.
2. 这位发明家拥有上百项专利。▶ —
   This inventor holds hundreds of patents.

Collocations

Mnemonic

发明 fāmíng "to invent" + 家 jiā "expert": a Sino-Korean word "inventor". One who specializes in invention (发明). The suffix 家 forms experts and masters, as in 科学家 (scientist) and 艺术家 (artist). Unlike the 者 of 学者 (a person who...), 家 carries the sense of an authority in the field.

Related

Quick check

1. What does the suffix 家 convey?

   • an expert/master in a field (发明家, 科学家)
   • merely "a person who..."
   • past tense
   • a place